Normandy Isle and Shores Homes For Sale, Miami Beach

The islands of Normandy Isle and Normandy Shores belong to the city of Miami Beach, it is a beautiful residential community between North Beach, the La Gorce community, and North Bay Village. It comprises the completely renovated 18-hole golf course of the exclusive Normandy Shores Golf Club and the Normandy Isle Park & Pool featuring an indoor playground, recreation center, and swimming pools for the enjoyment of the whole family.

This community has its own stores, schools, churches, banks, restaurants, cafes, the notorious Fairway Park, and the Normandy Shores Tennis complex, all of them by walking distance. It also has a town center and farmers market on weekends. Here, comfort and privacy are at the highest level, offering residents incredible and secure waterfront basketball courts, fine tennis courts, soccer fields, and many green areas, parks, and playgrounds as well as a community center and a private clubhouse.

The real estate in Normandy Isle mostly houses small (studio to 2 bedrooms) to medium-sized (3 up to 4 bedrooms) condos, high-rise buildings, and single-family homes. Most of them were built between the 1940s and the 1950s designed by renowned architects like Norman Giller and Gilbert Fein.

Furthermore, due to its close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and its strategic geographical location nestled along with the eastern shore of the famous Biscayne Bay, it has become one of the preferred neighborhoods for notable residents to call it home. Mansions are situated on lots that vary between 6.000 sq. ft. and 16.000 sq. ft., and display an interior size ranging between 1.175 sq. ft. and 5.000 sq. ft. offering 2 up to 6 and more bedrooms.

Among the special homeowners are the world-renowned singer and American actor, Frank Sinatra, the Miami-raised Cuban-American film actor, Andy Garcia, the South Florida impresario and diva, Judy Drucker, the sportscaster, and journalist, Roy Firestone, and American violinist, Joan Field, among many other high-profile remarkable entrepreneurs, businesspeople, government advisers, A-list celebrities, politicians, Hollywood artists, sports superstars, industry tycoons, rich retirees.

One of the original elements remaining in Normandy Isle are the lighting plan, the City Beautiful-inspired street configuration, and all of the sidewalks, presenting a hospitable feel, as does the architectural mix.

The two islands are connected on two main locations: North Shore Drive, and Biarritz Drive. Everything here is made to make it a very safe and quiet neighborhood with the advantage of living just minutes away from the main destinations in excentric Miami Beach, strategic Downtown Miami, the financial district of Brickell, the bohemian Coconut Groove, the Art and Design district of Wynwood, and the peaceful and recreational Coral Gables.

The scenic nightlife, the cultural atmosphere, the tropical sportive vibe along with music, concerts, marathons, luxury, bistros, cafés, beaches, cruises, boats, amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean, the Miami and Miami Beach skyline, and the Intracoastal blend together to deliver an exquisite and dream-like performance of South Florida.

Normandy Isle also offers an excellent shopping mall portfolio. Some of the renowned ones are the Lincoln Road Mall, Bal Harbour, Jungle Island, Dolphin Mall, Aventura Mall, The Shops at Fifth and Alton, Blockbuster Plaza, and the Bayside Marketplace.

If we talk about the academy, there are diverse great schools, such as the Biscayne Elementary School, Bright Art’s Academy, Abbott School, Northwest Christian Academy, Happy Kids Childcare, Miller George, and the Robert Ingram Elementary School. And about colleges and universities, living here make it easier to get to the Florida International University, the University of Miami, the Talmudic University of Florida, the Miami Dade College, the Florida International University, and the Barry University, among many other top institutions.